BETTY MACDONALD, THE EGG AND I — I got so I could dress chickens like an expert, but... wondered how this ability to defeather a chicken in about two minutes... could ever be mentioned socially... or gracefully demonstrated as with violin and piano playing.
| A. | Heated enclosure for raising fowl | BROODER |
| B. | Bookplate (2 wds.) | EXLIBRIS |
| C. | Concoct, devise, invent (2 wds.) | THINKUP |
| D. | Charge for brain enhancement | TUITION |
| E. | Yellow wrappe (2 wds.) | YOLKSAC |
| F. | Grasp-inhibiting wear | MITTENS |
| G. | White that's clear, naturally | ALBUMEN |
| H. | Breed of hen from an English county | CORNISH |
| I. | With Word J., a hammy breakfast | DENVER |
| J. | See I. | OMELET |
| K. | The Creek, e.g., to the Southeastern U.S. | NATIVES |
| L. | Involved with the science of sound | ACOUSTIC |
| M. | Productive layer from Italy | LEGHORN |
| N. | Extra baggage; unneeded verbiage; discarded cards in poker | DEADWOOD |
| O. | Cloth for drying dishes, cutlery, etc. (2 wds.) | TEATOWEL |
| P. | Came out of one's shell | HATCHED |
| Q. | Spicy tortilla dish filled with meat | ENCHILADA |
| R. | Shaped ovately | ELLIPTICAL |
| S. | Spreading dirt around? | GOSSIPY |
| T. | Complained in a fowl way? | GROUSED |
| U. | Sense of natural kinship | AFFINITY |
| V. | City where Teddy Roosevelt was born (2 wds.) | NEWYORK |
| W. | Abate, as noise (2 wds.) | DIEDOWN |
| X. | Sit on in the way some mothers would | INCUBATE |